Collection M10 - Robert & Ann Mather Papers

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC M10

Title

Robert & Ann Mather Papers

Date(s)

  • 1821-1835 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 type one box

Context area

Name of creator

(1782-1855)

Biographical history

Robert Mather (1782-1855) was a draper of London, son of Mather of Lauder near Berwick-on-Tweed, UK . In 1821 Robert Mather joined a group of members of the Wesleyan Methodist Society who proposed to charter a ship to proceed to VDL., and many of the ... »

Name of creator

(1786-1831)

Biographical history

Ann Mather (1786-1831) was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Benson (1749-1821), a prominent Methodist minister and friend of John Wesley. She married Robert Mather (c1782-1855)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited on indefinite loan with the University Archives by Miss Ursula Walker

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers relating to the voyage out and settlement of Robert Mather and his wife, Ann (Benson). Many of the papers (Ml0/16-20) consist of extracts from letters from Ann Mather to her brother, Rev. Samuel Benson, and sisters Isabella Whytall and Sarah ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

Related units of description

The Mather papers were deposited by three separate descendents of Robert and Ann Mather and are in three collections - Ml0, M19 & R7. See also the Walker Papers (W9), for papers of George Washington and Sarah Benson (Mather) Walker.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

HE May 2018